Factions

There are only 4 factions in this expansion that you can gain faction with. Of the others, there are a few, such as Nuknok Clan, for which you will gain items at certain times that will allow you to disguise yourself and be accepted by them as one of their own. Some of these items are permanent and can be used beyond the end of the quest series that required them.

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Fore-story

GU46 (Gathering Tempest) saw the start of Void Storms, Pt. I - The Invasion, where swirling storms of void energy appeared in zones throughout Norrath. Through our interaction with the quests in this World Event, we have seen that the storms appear to allow creatures of the Void to come through to our world and possess any creatures near the storm. When cleansed, the controlling creature, a voidbeast, was forced to leave it's host and can be killed quite easily.

Complete list of Ethernaut Stories

A recent post from Miss Doomcookie reveals that "The Ethernaut storyline takes place at the very, very beginning of the Lost Age. So shortly into it, in fact, that all of the characters would have been born in the Age of Blood." The following lore, published on EQ2Players, we are told relates to the expansion: